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Eric Michael Swalwell is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 15th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Swalwell has focused on issues such as gun control, healthcare, and technology policy during his time in office. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump and has been an advocate for progressive reforms within the Democratic Party.
I stand here today in support of this bipartisan IAA and the many provisions that it has that will continue to strengthen and empower our intelligence community and those who serve and toil away for our national security. This bill also…
I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Swalwell of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5711 to the Committee on Financial Services with…
This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, this final amendment says plainly that no U.S…
I was privileged to introduce H.R. 3779, the Social Security Fraud Prevention Act, with my friend from California, Congressman Valadao. Identity theft is a major and growing problem in our nation. Almost 18 million Americans were victims…
Regarding the question considered earlier today on passage of H.R. 3957, the Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2016 (Rollcall No. 528), I am recorded as voting ``no.'' I intended to vote ``yes.'' ____________________
We mourn the loss of the police officers in Dallas, and we pray for the recovery of those who are still in the hospital, trying to heal. As a brother of two police officers and as the son of a police officer, this is every family member's…
``At the end of the hearing, the trial, I was too tired to speak. I would leave drained, silent. I would go home turn off my phone and for days I would not speak. You bought me a ticket to a planet where I lived by myself. Every time a new…
I thank my esteemed colleague, the ranking member from California, for yielding the time today, and for leading and presiding on our side over this bill. I would also like to thank the staff on both sides for their hard work on this year's…
I'm still hopeful that our Chairman Lamar Smith, who supported the bill, and Majority Leader McCarthy, who also supported this bipartisan bill, will bring it back.
Amen. Well said. I think young Californians, in my experience, want us to be as collaborative in solving this problem as they are in charting the innovation economy. You are right. Out of those environments in our UC and Cal State systems…
That is right. Mr. Speaker, I thank Ms. Lee. I also see in the House with us this afternoon is another California colleague, someone who I was hoping maybe could talk a little bit about what students in her part of California are going…
That is right. Another bill we have to support that is the Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act, offered by Congressman Cohen of Tennessee, who seeks to address this issue and relieve young people from having to have this follow…
In your district, you have one of the best universities in the world, UC-Berkeley, and we have heard on our Future Forum's tour from young students who are either right out of college or about to be out of college that the amount of debt…
That is right. I call it getting lapped, which is we are seeing parents today who are still paying off their student loans, then their kids are going off to college, and now they are doubling down. It has become a family matter. We talked…
Do you think that shining a light on workforce data is probably one of the best ways to kind of reverse an unconscious bias, that unless you are forced to look at the numbers and the behaviors of your company, you are not going to make a…
I don't know if you have any constituents who are in bankruptcy because of student loan debt, but we found that three things in this country will follow you to your grave and have no statute of limitations: murder, treason, and student…
That is right. A lot of times I have told young people our generation is the least home-owning generation America has ever known. In the bay area and the L.A. area, they say: Forget home owning. We just want to be able to rent near where…
That is right. In the bay area, young people are so collaborative and inventive that they have powered this innovative innovation economy. Then they look at Washington and they wonder, why isn't the majority party in the House…
That is right. As we talk to young people and we listen to these stories across the country, it is heartening, though, to offer solutions. I know you are a part of many of the solutions that the Future Forum has been promoting. One of them…
I believe your office is familiar with this because the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EERE, has yet to follow through on these directives. And our office and our constituents in the bay area has found this a little bit…
I represent the East Bay out in California, where so many of these apps have been created, are being developed, and being used by my constituents, and other folks in the Bay Area.
Thank you again, Congressman Sarbanes, for your work. I want to empower young people across America right now, #FutureForum. There is a poll right now: Do you believe Congress should vote to update campaign finance rules? We have had over…
We talked to a lot of innovative young people in Dallas. If I have learned anything about young people--and I remember being up in Manhattan with Congressman Israel and Congresswoman Grace Meng. We were at a district co-workspace. The…
If you look at this chart here, 158 families gave nearly 50 percent of the early 2016 donations. How does that make you feel? If you are a part of the largest generation America has ever known, 80 million people, the most diverse…
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